BACH DANG GIANG FOUNDATION

1. BACKGROUND OF ESTABLISHMENT

            In the modern history of the world, our country was the one which had endured the most tragedy and ups and downs. The anti- French war prolonged nearly hundred years (1858 – 1954) and the National War 1945 – 1975. In the climax of this war, Vietnam became the battle field for two blocks: Communist and Capitalist pouring every kind of weapon to compete their strength. The Vietnamese people, one from the North, one from the South of the same Lac Hong race, shouted, dashing and shooting to kill one another. Sacred human life was distressed, the race with twelve million people were killed, country was devastated!

            What did the war achieve? What did the victory reward to the nation?

            We were taught from the teen-aged time that “to advance to the Socialism” and “to love the country is to love the socialism”. The Socialist Republic of Vietnam since 1976 to now, as the pride in its name, has regressed and slipped backward further and further comparing to the neighbors. That is the Shame of Inferiority!

            Every day we hear unceasingly that “Party with people likes fish with water”; “people has chosen Party; history has chosen Party” etc…so we have the people’s police, people’s army to people and for people. After having smashed assets and robbed land from the people by nationalization, the national economy went into severe crisis. The Communist Party had to re-admit the market economy but concentrated  all power through rule by Party, regulations, dictatorship leading to the abuse of power, impunity and cover-up. All the economic, societal and political life have been dominated by the Party and corruption. That is the Corruption Enemy! 

II. APPELLATION

            Bach Dang Giang, name of a river which has gone into the historic line of Vietnam for almost two thousand years.

            1. In January 42, Han Dynasty’s General Ma Vien led long boats to invade Viet soil through Bach Dang Giang river and to fight Hai Ba Trung. The sacrifice of Trung Trac and Trung Nhi marked a line of heroic and glorious history for the Viet people.

            2. In 939, the Emperor Nam Han’s son, Hoang Thao, led troops, lackeys and battle ships into Bach Dang Giang river. Ngo Quyen defeated Nam Han troops in that river and it not only washed out an insult but also brought an independence and self-government to our people.

            3. In March 981, Song Dynasty’s General Luu Trung leading naval troops down Bach Dang Giang river was put to rout by the ruse of Le Hoan, viz the Emperor Dai Hanh. Recording a glorious chapter of the history for keeping the territory.

4. In March 1288, Supreme Commander Tran Hung Dao defeated the Mongols on Bach Dang river for the third time. The subordinate generals like O Ma Nhi, Phan Tiep, Tich Le, Co Ngoc, Sam Doan were taken to Hien Phu ceremony (ceremony of beheading prisoners) at Chi Lang Pass.

            Foundation has been named after Bach Dang Giang in order to raise the morale of the people, independence and self-government. Bach Dang Giang Foundation, abbreviated to BDGF. Bach Dang Giang represents nationality and Foundation manifests humanitarian function.

III. GOAL

            BDGF is a non-profit organization; self-flowing the bloodstream of Lac Hong in its body; contributing to the revival of a Vietnamese nation having been in decline; and shouldering three complete tasks:

            1. Inspiring the confidence of the Vietnamese people

            i. Solving the Shame of Inferiority and Corruption Enemy by:

                        a. Informing truthfully about the development of Vietnam in the last thirty years; counter-propagandizing the Communist Party’s demagogy; news concealment. Opening the door for the people to see the development of the neighbors.

                        b. Encouraging, supporting and propagating all the movements and thoughts of liberal democracy; advocating the establishment of an independent labor union to protect the interest of workers; leading to replacing one-party dictatorship with liberal democracy pluralism.

            ii. Propagandizing the quintessence of national culture; preserving the solidarity; promoting national heroism in the recovery and development of the country.

            2. Humanitarian activities of Vietnamese conscience

            i. Providing domestic scholarships and the ones to study abroad to the poor, docile and good students and the children of the families that have been victims of differentiation, discrimination and ill-treatment. Supplying funds to research works which are valuable to the tasks of building a prosperous homeland.

            ii. Material assistance and spiritual encouragement to:

                        a. Former war invalids from the First, Second Republic of Vietnam who have still been alive and lived miserably in the age of fifty or seventy.

                        b. Every class or individual who is the victim of the tyrannical power of Vietnamese Communist.

IV. OFFICIAL ORGAN

            BDGF in charge of www.bachdang.org acts as the official organ. At the same time, advocating the freedom of expression, freedom of thoughts. This is an online digest opening up the participation of all classes of people.

V. THOUGHT GUIDANCE

            BDGF develops Cuu Viet (Nine Vietnamese Doctrines) as theoretical basis.

(See the article of Cuu Viet)